Fitness

Ready for another week of Instagram Live workouts? If you’ve never joined us before, it’s simple: just go to @popsugarfitness, tap into our IG Live at the times below, and get ready to sweat. This week, you can expect some seriously muscle-shaking moves during Kellie Williams’s ab and glutes bootcamp, plus a ton of sweat

This no-equipment cardio workout will get your heart rate up and leave you breathless. Led by certified trainer Ashley Joi, you’ll build endurance during exercises that include high knees, quick feet, and side shuffles. Push through these cardio-intensive moves, because Ashley has you covered with quick breaks after each set, during which she will be

Stretching has a way of melting away stress and worry, but there’s no need to unroll your yoga mat. Here are nine stretches you can do in your pajamas and in your bed — either before you go to sleep or once your alarm goes off — or both! Do the entire sequence if you

Crossing the paratriathlon finish line at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games was surreal for Grace Norman. She was, as she described, a “crying heap at the end” due to a culmination of exhaustion and excitement. “The moment when I made the pass into first place was pretty amazing,” Norman told POPSUGAR. “I knew there was

Getting the flu shot has become an annual tradition for many of us, providing yearly protection from a virus that has killed an estimated 12,000 to 61,000 Americans every year since 2010, according to the CDC. Yearly shots are the norm for the flu, but for other dangerous diseases, such as measles, just one or

If we had to guess, you are naturally athletic and were probably a track star in high school. You are cool and casual — you can run five miles like it’s nothing — and don’t follow any fitness fads. Whether it’s a jog before logging onto work or an ab circuit at lunchtime, you always

It doesn’t get much worse than running in the rain with slippery shoes, losing your footing in the middle of a deadlift, or making scuff marks all over the floor of a fitness studio. Anyone who spends a good amount of time exercising knows that wearing the right pair of shoes can do wonders for

Adding resistance bands to your workouts can help you build muscle, without having to invest in big, clunky equipment — but just like you’d wipe down the machines or free weights at the gym (right?), your resistance bands also need to be cleaned from time to time to keep bacteria from building up. POPSUGAR spoke

Avoidance does not equate to acceptance, which is why disability advocate and TikTok creator Tiffany Yu has made it her personal mission to cultivate open conversations around disability and inclusion. When she was 9 years old, Yu was involved in a car accident that took her father’s life and left her right arm permanently paralyzed.

POPSUGAR’s How Does She Sleep at Night takes a peek under the covers of admirable women’s wind-down routines to reveal their nightstand staples, sleep schedules, and dream lives. “Me and sleep were besties,” 54 Thrones founder Christina Funke Tegbe said. “Now we’re kind of like long-distance friends.” Given the meteoric success of Tegbe’s African-inspired beauty

Michelle Obama is a former first lady, an author, a philanthropist, and an all-around positive role model, but she’s also highly relatable to you and me. She told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show that during the pandemic, she experienced low-grade depression (who didn’t?). At age 57, she wants to let young people know that

The COVID-19 vaccine feels like the light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel, but while getting the vaccine yourself is the first step in regaining some sense of normalcy, it’s going to be a while before we can go back to business as usual. People who have been vaccinated should still wear

If you’ve been seeing a therapist, whether they’re new to you or you’ve been working together for a while, licensed marriage and family therapist Kiaundra Jackson, LMFT, shared these two TikToks so you know exactly what you should expect from them and what you shouldn’t put up with. This Is What Therapists Should Not Do

Image Source: Getty / TPN Serena Williams’s meetup with Argentine Nadia Podoroska at the 2021 Italian Open on May 12 marked her 1,000th career match. Though the 23-time Grand Slam champion ended up losing, it’s a major milestone, and men’s No. 1 player Novak Djokovic recorded a congratulatory message to her posted by the ATP

What does it take for two rival sportswear companies to team up? How about a common goal: to create a top-quality product while lowering the carbon emissions needed to make it. That’s what brought Adidas and Allbirds together, and the result is a crisp, all-white running shoe called Futurecraft.Footprint that the companies released today. The

I’m a fitness editor, and I live a pretty healthy lifestyle — I exercise five to six days a week, eat a whole-foods-based diet, and get at least seven hours of sleep a night — but in January of this year, I found my weight creeping up on the higher end of what I find

If you haven’t heard of Girlfriend Collective, allow us to introduce you to what may be your new favorite activewear brand. The company is size-inclusive and eco-conscious, using recycled water bottles to make the fabric they use in their cult-favorite leggings. Plus, the clothes happen to be sweat-wicking, stylish, and flattering. It doesn’t get much